Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-09

like that in substnuce. / did not say to
Bismarck g. wife TO tell her husband to
Keep stili and say nothing about what he
knew OF the murder Of Haddock. l had
no talk with her on hat subject l did not
say to Blsmarcg's wife at b Mil waukee
house that l wonld send q man to go with
her to Council Bluffs. l had no CONVEX
astion with her on that subject. / told
her ] would have Q mar bny tickets sor
her at the Sioux City depot for Council
Bluffs. / did not know that anyboS, 9
intended to injure him or anybody al, "a
/ had nothing to do with any sueh Z ,on.
spiracy. / never attended any met ,tino
in which anything WAS said about hurt.
ing HEddook. l was not in the 90 mpany
of Trisber that night. / knew Of M
stsps taken by Trieber to do Haddook
any injury. In the afternoon of Aucust
2, last, l was collecting money from diff.
ferent persons to whom l Lad sold beer
l was not in Leavitt's company that
night at oil. never Vas q member Of
any association of saioonkeepers. / was
not individually 8 member. The Fir ipz
BseHling company Was q member and
paid whatever money WAS PAID.
Cross examination by the state: /
don't know how much money was paid.
] paid $5 myself. / paid at the meeting
at Warlich's saloon. | only attended
one meeting at Holdepreid's hall. /
paid the money to James Junk. He
was treasurer. Warlich wat secretary
and Adelsheim was chairman. That
was the meeting at Warlichs saloon.
Junk was treasurer Of the ASSOCIATION.
There We're about twenty five saloon
keepers present ct this meeting, There
we're eight or ten saloon keepers at the
meeting Of Holdenreid's hall which
attended. Munchrarh, Trieber, Doak,
Darlington, Leavitt, Simonson,
Adelsheim and Others were
present at that meeting. l
knew Treiber seven or eight FEARS. He
worked for me at the brewery q while.
He had run a saloon three or four years.
| don't recollect when / last saw Treiber.
l remember when l was arrested. l.
was about 10th or 18th OF October. ]
have no recollection how long before
! was arrested that / saw Treiber last
] saw Treiber last on the street. l heard
later that Treiber had left town. ]
furnished Treiber with beer. / knew
Plath by sight, but didn't furnish him
with beer. Yreiber is some relation to
Mrs. Franz. i didn't see Plath 10 Junk's
saloon the night OF the murder. / didn't
see Mnnchrath in Junk's saloon so fal
as ! recollect. l went into Junk's saloon
alone from the Chicago saloon. l wen,
into Junk's liquor department. / saw
Grady and Scollard there. / did moi
see Henry Peters in Junk's place
Peters worked for me about q year.
don't recolleot when ! saw him last.
last saw him at the brewery. 1t was on
q Saturday evening. 1t was about Sol
. O'Clock IN the evening. / don't know
bow long it was before my arrest
that saw hiDc last. have no recol-
lection think it was two or three
weeks before my arrest. 1t was some.
thing like three or four weeks after the
murder that Peters went away. ! settled
was going. He wal not discharged.
don't know where he left his clothes. he
told me about q week before he went
that he wns going. / have made no in.
EQuiry as to where Peters is. / don't
Know where he is now, / received q lettes
from Peters about two or three weeks
after he LETT. 1got the letter before the
grand jury met. When / heard that he
was charged with murder, / gave no in
formation to the sheriff marshal or any
officer as to Peters whereabont. i have
had g letter from Treiber since he went
away. Treiber's wife has shown me nj
| letter from him since he went away. ]
have talked with Treiber's wife abonthis
whereabouts since he vent away. She
told me that she had got letters from
him. l did not write o letter to Treiber
fshraush his wife. ] heard from Teiber'e
Wife that ne was in Europe. 1gave the
office flo information as to Trelber's
being in Germany. l have had
no information directly or indirectly
from Plath since he went away. /
knew bismarck for five or Six years and
his wife q year or 30 longer. / saw bis
| wife at the Milwaukee house the night
before she went o way. ! didn't know
that she was going to San Francisco.
She told me she was going to Council
bluffs. ! know EHaltz Folger, bat didn't
know that Folger took Bismarck down
to Salix in q buggy the morning the
latter left Sioux City shortly after the
murder. / didn't know and didn't hear
that Folger took him that far. / don't
know when Bismarck left. 1dont know
whether 1 heard about it before my arrest
heard some time that Bismarck had
lgone on account OF being concerned III
the murder. know Sylvester Grands,
who is jointly indicted with me, and ]
have known him two years | know
Fritz Herring by sight. l speak with
him when we meet and have for years,
] heard OF his going down the Missouri
river in 0 row boat with randa. / have
no recollection when / first heard of
them going. l don't know whether it
was before or after my arrest.
/ read it in the papers, / didn't hear any
thing about money being raised by Fritz
Folger n given to Granda. 1 didn't
hear anything about George Treiber
giving money to Granda to enable HIN
to 90 away. l never contributed money
myself for that purpose. / never heard
of Fritz H@rling going to Kansas City
about the time Granda WAS arrested. ]
don't know anything about Herling
coming back from Kansas City to Sioux
City and seeing me and remaining q
few hours and then going back to
Kansas Oity about the time Granda
was arrested, l remember BIsmarek's
little girl handing me q letter on the
bridge. 1t was not from Bismarck. 1t
was an order from his wife requesting
nae to come and see her. / went the
next day / think. l believe it was SUM-
day morning. 1tmay have been q day
or two soone / saw her Monday at
the Milwaukee house. She signed the
bill of sale there. IL was mp stairs in
the bedroom at the time. Judge
Pendleton wrote the bill Of sale. / SAINT
no message by her to Bismarck. l knew
that he was suspected OF being con.
oerned in the Handbook murder. l had
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